Bangladesh

The office of Liberation War Affairs State Minister Ishraque Hossain has denied reports that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ordered him to resign. In a statement issued on Sunday, the minister’s press officer, Mahfuz Kabir Mukta, said neither the prime minister nor any senior government official had issued such an instruction. The statement accused an unnamed group of spreading misinformation for ...

Former Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan, has been arrested in Qatar in connection with a corruption case. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against Sheikh Abdul Hannan, accusing him of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 3.28 crore. Additionally, the anti-graft watchdog uncovered unusual transactions exceeding Tk 27 crore across various ...

BNP-led government’s ‘Bangladesh First’ foreign policy marks a shift from the previous Awami League regime’s subservient diplomatic posture, prioritizing national interests, independent decision-making, and balanced international partnerships centered around citizens. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed said, “We prioritize our own people’s interests before considering the interests of any other nation’s citizens or government—that is the key difference. We ...

Grameen Kalyan, an organisation founded by former chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, has appealed against a High Court verdict directing it to pay Tk 666 crore in back taxes claimed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for five fiscal years. The organisation’s lawyers filed the appeal with the relevant section of the Supreme Court on Sunday (October 18). On ...

Attorney General Ruhul Kuddus Kajol announced that special initiatives have been taken for the speedy hearing of the appeals in the Appellate Division regarding the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder, Major Sinha murder, and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder cases. He shared this information on Sunday (October 18). The Attorney General said that these three high-profile ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that national interest, sovereignty and self-respect will form the core commitments of Bangladesh’s future, pledging to strengthen ties with all countries on the basis of mutual respect and equality. He also vowed to build a more capable, professional and technology-driven armed forces to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty. The prime minister made the ...

The deadline for submitting applications to change voter areas due to a change of residence is 31 October, as the Election Commission (EC) has set a schedule ahead of the upcoming local government elections. EC officials disclosed the information on Saturday. The commission has already sent instructions to field-level officials to implement the schedule. According to the instructions, the EC ...

The government on Saturday appointed Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Nahreen Islam Khan as the country’s first woman chief information commissioner (CIC). She is a faculty member of the Department of Geography and Environment at JU, and would join her new office immediately, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. According to a separate notification from ...

Bangladesh and China have agreed to jointly establish a technical and vocational university in Bangladesh as part of a broader initiative to strengthen cooperation in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The plan is part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon and Chinese Vice Minister ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the Opposition Alliance is staging a “new political drama” in the streets to conceal internal conflicts and failures within their own ranks. He said that while the country is going through various crises, the opposition parties are attempting to mislead the public instead of playing a constructive role. He ...